Benjamin Britten

English composer, conductor, and pianist

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1953 A Ceremony of Carols
1954 Sinfonia da Requiem op. 20 / Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra, op. 21
1955 Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes / Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
1962 Serge Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Benjamin Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
1963 Twentieth Century Church Music
1965 Rejoice in the Lamb / Missa brevis / A Ceremony of Carols
1965 Cantata Misericordium / Sinfonia da Requiem
1966 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1973 Peter und der Wolf / Orchesterführer für junge Leute
1973 Journey of the Magi / Who are these Children / Tit for Tat
1976 Four Sea Interludes / Passacaglia From “Peter Grimes” / Sinfonia da Requiem
1981 Our Hunting Fathers / On This Island / A Charm of Lullabies
165 more releases
1982 A Ceremony of Carols / Te Deum / Hymns to St. Peter, The Virgin, St. Cecilia
1982 Symphonic Suite Gloriana / Prelude and Dances from the Prince of the Pagodas
1983 War Requiem
1985 Violin Concertos
1985 Rejoice in the Lamb / A Wedding Anthem / Festival Te Deum / A Boy was Born
1985 Britten: Variations On A Theme of Frank Bridge / Simple Symphony / Prelude and Fugue
1986 Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Gloriana Courtly Dances
1987 Mozart / Carlstedt / Britten
1988 Britten, Shostakovich: Sonatas for Cello and Piano / Prokofiev: Ballad, op. 15
1988 Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings / Mozart: Divertimento K 137
1988 Neil MacKie Sings Britten
1988 Prokofiev: Classical Symphony / Bizet: Symphony in C / Britten: Simple Symphony
1989 Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel hoch / Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël
1989 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Symphony for Cello and Orchestra / Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes" / Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
1989 Saint Nicolas / Hymn to Saint Cecilia
1989 Billy Budd
1989 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Les Illuminations / Lachrymae
1990 Christmas Oratorio / A Ceremony of Carols
1990 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10 / Young Apollo, op. 16 / Lachrymae, op. 48a / Simple Symphony, op. 4
1991 Electric Counterpoint
1991 War Requiem / Sinfonia da Requiem / Ballad of Heroes
1991 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Ravel: Mother Goose
1991 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Simple Symphony / Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
1991 Britten: Cantata misericordium / Deus in adjutorium meum / Chorale on an Old French Carol / Finzi: Requiem da camera / Holst: Psalms 86 & 148
1992 Sinfonia da Requiem / Gloriana Suite / Sea Interludes
1992 Stravinsky: Petrushka / Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
1992 The Fairy Queen
1992 Sinfonietta, op. 1 / Serenade, op. 31 / Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal / Nocturne, op. 60
1992 Tavener: The Protecting Veil / Britten: Cello Suite No 3 / Tavener: Thrinos
1992 The Five Canticles
1993 Shostakovich: Symphony no. 10 / Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
1993 Billy Budd
1993 A Ceremony of Carols / A Boy Was Born / Friday Afternoons / Psalm 150
1993 Britten: War Requiem / Penderecki: Threnos / Berg: Violin Concerto
1993 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra / Suite on English Folk Tunes / Johnson over Jordan / Four Sea Interludes
1993 A Ceremony of Carols
1994 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings / Simple Symphony / Sea Interludes
1994 Piano Concerto / Soirées Musicales / Matinées Musicales
1994 The Rape of Lucretia
1994 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
1995 Faure: Pavanne / Martin: Mass for Double Choir / Britten: A Boy Was Born / Duparc: Motet
1995 Oleg-Kagan-Musikfest 1992
1995 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
1995 Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20 / Four Sea Interludes, op. 33a / Passacaglia / An American Overture
1995 Lachrymae / Frank Bridge Variations / Simple Symphony
1995 Shostakovich: Symphony no. 4 / Britten: Russian Funeral
1996 Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Holst: The Hymn of Jesus / Delius: Sea Drift
1996 Peter and The Wolf / Carnival of the Animals / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
1996 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Canadian Carnival / An American Overture / Suite on English Folk Tunes / Sinfonia da Requiem
1996 War Requiem
1996 Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings / Les Illuminations / Nocturne
1996 Phaedra / Lachrymae / The Sword in the Stone / Night Mail / Sinfonietta
1996 Peter and the Wolf / Lieutenant Kijé Suite / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
1996 Britten: Spring Symphony / Bridge: Enter Spring / Summer
1996 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1997 English Guitar Music
1997 Peter and the Wolf / The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra / Babar the Elephant
1997 A Ceremony of Carols
1998 Waxman / Mjaskowskij / Schumann / Britten
1998 Serenade / Les Illuminations / Nocturne
1999 Britten: Overture "The Building of the House" / Bridge: Enter Spring / The Sea / Holst: Egdon Heath / A Fugal Concerto
1999 Our Hunting Fathers / Who Are These Children? / Still Falls the Rain / Lachrymae
1999 Schubert: Lieder / Britten: On This Island / Wolf: Mörike Lieder
1999 Double Concerto / Two Portraits / Young Apollo / Sinfonietta
1999 Strauss: Hornkonzerte No. 1 & 2 / Britten: Serenade, Op. 31
1999 Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings / Britten: Piano Concerto / Enesco: Légende
1999 Serenade / Our Hunting Fathers / O Waly Waly / Oliver Cromwell
1999 Britten: Cello Symphony / Elgar: Cello Concerto
2000 Symphony no. 4 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Das irdische Leben / Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
2000 Billy Budd
2000 Sinfonia da Requiem / 4 Sea interludes / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
2001 The British Music Collection: Benjamin Britten: The Rarities
2001 Cello Suites nos. 1-3
2002 String Quartets 2 & 3
2002 String Quartets
2002 The Turn of the Screw
2002 Sacred and Profane
2002 The Canticles
2003 Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem / Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia / Holst: Egdon Heath / The Perfect Fool
2003 Sonatas for Cello and Piano
2003 Keisuke Wakao Plays Bach, Mozart, Britten, Prokofiev
2003 Suites for Solo Cello
2003 Britten: Violin Concerto / Walton: Viola Concerto
2004 Love From a Stranger: Four British Film Scores
2004 Violin Concertos
2004 Peter Grimes
2005 Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
2005 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
2005 Death in Venice
2005 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / Les Illuminations / Nocturne
2005 My Name Is Barbara
2006 modern milestones: Debussy / Prokofjew / Britten: Cellosonaten
2006 Prokofiev: Symphony no. 5 / Romeo and Juliet - Death of Tybalt / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
2006 Chaconne & Autumn Leaves
2006 Elgar: Enigma Variations / Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
2008 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
2008 Folksong Arrangements
2008 Dowland: Lute Songs / Britten: Nocturnal
2008 Britten Abroad
2008 Piano Concerto / Diversions / Young Apollo
2008 Billy Budd
2009 Simon Rattle: Britten
2009 Double Concerto For Violin & Viola / Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge / Les Illuminations
2009 Violin Concertos
2009 Before Life & After
2009 Unknown Britten
2009 Holst: The Planets / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
2010 Songs & Proverbs of William Blake
2010 Les Illuminations
2011 Cello Symphony / Symphonic Suite from "Gloriana" / Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes"
2011 Phaedra / A Charm of Lullabies / Lachrymae
2012 The Cello Symphonies
2012 Choral Works
2012 Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Britten: Cello Symphony
2012 Violin Concerto / Double Concerto / Lachrymae
2012 Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / Nocturne / Finzi: Dies Natalis
2012 Benjamin Britten: War Requiem
2012 Suk: Asrael / Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
2012 The Turn of the Screw
2012 Magical Places: Evocative Symphonic Poems for Piano Duet
2013 Spring Symphony • Welcome Ode • Psalm 150
2013 Arpeggione
2013 Solo Cello Suites
2013 Britten to America
2013 The Masterpieces
2013 Gloriana
2013 British Violin Sonatas, Volume One
2013 Nocturnal
2013 War Requiem
2013 BBC Music, Volume 22, Number 3: A Babe Is Born
2014 Moments of Love
2014 Violin Concertos
2014 Hymns to Saint Cecilia
2015 Great Britain
2015 Piano Concertos / Nocturnes
2016 Four Sea Interludes / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Simple Symphony
2016 Violin Concertos
2016 British Clarinet Concertos, Volume 2
2017 Violin Concertos
2019 Hymn to St Cecilia / Choral Dances from Gloriana / Choral Works
2019 Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf - Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
2020 Lines Written During a Sleepless Night
2020 Music for Viola & Chamber Orchestra
2020 Solitude
2020 Peter Grimes
2020 The British Project - Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
2020 A Ceremony of Carols
2020 Saint Nicolas / A Ceremony of Carols
2021 Complete Folk Songs for Voice and Piano
2021 The British Project: Elgar / Britten / Walton / Vaughan Williams
2021 Britten: Les Illuminations / Quatre Chansons françaises / Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (selections)
2022 From Brighton to Brooklyn
2022 The Turn of the Screw
2022 Cello Sonatas
2022 Sinfoniettas
2022 Our Hunting Fathers / Quatre chansons françaises / Symphonic Suite from Gloriana
2023 Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
2023 The Poet's Echo
2023 BBC Music, Volume 31, Number 11: The Best of British
2024 Reflet
2024 Violin Concerto / Double Concerto for Violin and Viola
2024 Violin Concerto / Chamber Works
2025 Music based on texts by Michelangelo
2026 Sir!
Oboe - Solo and Accompanied

EPs

Year Title Average Ratings
2021 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell, op. 34

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
2002 Schumann: Cello Concerto / Dvořák: Cello Concerto
2002 Baker
2003 BILLY BUDD
2006 BBC Legends: Silvestri
2010 Bach / Brahms / Britten
2010 War Requiem
2011 War Requiem
2012 War Requiem
2012 War Requiem
2013 The Turn of the Screw
2013 War Requiem
2013 The Rape of Lucretia
2013 War Requiem
2024 Spring Symphony / Sinfonia da Requiem / Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra